CV Science

Pauline Vidican MD Obstetrics & Gynecology / MPH Public Health

Course and current status

Current position

• Clinician and Researcher, Prevention Cancer Environment Department, Comprehensive Cancer Center Léon Bérard, Lyon, France (since 2021)

Education

• MD, Doctor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, University Lyon 1, France (2021)
• MPH, Public Health, Methodology and Statistics in Biomedical Research), Faculty of Medicine, University Paris-Saclay, France (2020-2021)

Previous positions

• Intern at the Hospitals of Lyon, Hospices Civils de Lyon, France (2015-2021)

Membership

• CANCEPT - Cancer Primary Prevention Trandisciplinary Nutrition and Environment Research Network, member (since 2022)
• NACRe 31 - Nutrition Physical Activity Network Cancer Research Team 31, member (since 2022)
• Unicancer Primary and Secondary Prevention Working Group, member (since 2022)
• CRCDC - Regional Cancer Screening Coordination Centre Steering Committee, Rhône and Lyon Metropole site, member (since 2022)
• ORS - Regional Health Observatory Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, member (since 2022)
• Immuniser Lyon – To Immunise Lyon, member (since 2022)

Scientific summary

With a clinical activity and also time dedicated to research, I work actively in the field of primary cancer prevention and health promotion.

The challenge is to act on modifiable risk factors for cancer in target populations. We are developing various innovative approaches and devices for this purpose. In particular, I am in charge of developing a personalised primary prevention intervention for informal family caregivers of cancer patients at the Comprehensive Cancer Center Léon Bérard and of implementing it in various contexts. I also coordinate the deployment of the Interception programme (https://www.gustaveroussy.fr/fr/interception) at the Comprehensive Cancer Center Léon Bérard and analyse its transferability.

My work also focuses on promoting the HPV vaccine (https://youtu.be/1IGU6-oQBf4, https://twitter.com/CLCCLeonBerard/status/1595362800888680451?s=20) and updating information pages for the public, on risk factors for women's cancers, on our team's website (https://www.cancer-environnement.fr/).